>>12787720>guts is not a good role modelHow the fuck do you justify calling anyone else a retard?
Guts is the perfect pragmatist. He masteres his fears with reason and overcomes seemingly insurmountable obstacles just through training and wit until he gets the berserker armor. If mastery of both your body and mind is not exemplary to you, then you're likely exactly the kind of swede that let your country become the shitshow it is.
...and inb4 it's a basic seinen trope: just look around first, most male characters these days are jokes that need women to save them.